I have lit myself on fire (I'm in a Darwin Awards book), been on stage with Penn & Teller, TV with Super Dave Osborne, scored at Maple Leaf Gardens, "sold" music to Kevin Smith, been in a commercial, and appeared homeless in a rap video. I'm a huge fan of golf, hockey, science, the Oxford comma, and equality. I currently write, create, and eat snacks.

UPDATE!
Lydia is on her way home!http://prayforlydia2012.blogspot.ca/2012/10/waving-lime-green-ribbons.htmlOn a date yet to be chosen (though likely the first Friday of November) people will wave green ribbons as the Herrle family gives Lydia a little tour around the parking lot and down the lane way. I will be there. Hopefully you will be too!As many of you know, on May 17th tragedy struck a small rural town just outside Kitchener-Waterloo. Lydia Herrle was struck by a truck after getting off her school bus and has been in a coma ever since. Her parents, James and Michelle Herrle, own and operate Herrle's Country Farm Market and are not just well known in the community, they are well liked. They are blogging about their journey through this difficult time and you can read about it here:

http://prayforlydia2012.blogspot.ca
I have only had the pleasure of meeting any Herrle on two occasions, both times it was Trevor: once last year at a community event where we exchanged a few minutes of pleasantries, and the other time earlier this morning. The first meeting was much happier. Today, I dropped off a gift for Lydia. A little something for her to look at when she wakes up. I also wrote a letter I hope someone will read aloud to her, and one that she will read herself some day soon.

I added some colourful stickers to brighten it up a bit. A cross, some music, some flowers, and few butterflies. Things I know will bring a smile to her face. My only wish for her now is that she wakes up to see them.
I won't post the entire letter here; that's for Lydia and her family to read, but I will share a particularly fitting quote that I used from Ralph Waldo Emerson:"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."So stay strong, Lydia. Stay strong, be patient, and know that there's an entire community by your side every step of the way.

3 comments:

Prayer is a lazy persons way of pretending to do something while actually doing nothing at all.

If you want to help, donate to a hospital, volunteer in your community, do anything positive, but don't insult people by praying. After all you are asking the same supposed being that caused this to fix it.

I briefly considered deleting your post, but that goes against what I believe in when it comes to the Internet and freedom of speech in general.

That being said, if you read their blog you'll see that in addition to faith the family has extrordinary respect for all the individuals helping heal their daughter.

I'm not a prayer fellow myself, but I can support this family in a time of need by being a good neighbour and a good friend.

Comments like the one you posted are cowardly and short sighted, not to mention rude and callous, and to do so anonymously shows me that you think so as well, otherwise why wouldn't you put your name on those words? I have zero respect for "Anonymous".

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